8,000 programs with a distribution level of over 150,000 awards for undergraduate and postgraduate students worth a total of more than $35 million is what EdFed's comprehensive scholarship database contains. It also includes student loan forgiveness programs for those who have graduated from college and need alternatives for repayment.

I kept putting off consolidating my student loans until I graduated. Then I saw that EdFed encouraged me to start an application at least 6 months before graduation so that I could reserve my consolidation. I called and had my application signed in less than 15 minutes. - Alisha P. Salt Lake City, Ut

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Education is one of the most basic right of any human, but with the increase in prices and the costs involved in education this has made these rights turn into a privilege which very few can enjoy. Any normal person today in the whole of United States has to take an education loan at one point of time to pay for their education fees.